Chapter 8: Rolled Out of Bed 8

Seeing this, Ye Xuan'er shot her a disdainful glance and sighed, "Ignorance is truly terrifying."

Without waiting for Tian'er to speak, Ye Xuan'er continued with an animated expression, "Little one, follow my lead, and I guarantee you'll be eating well."

Hearing this, Tian'er curled her lip in disdain, secretly refuting in her heart: *I would have starved to death long ago if I followed you, let alone eating well.*

Ye Xuan'er completely ignored Tian'er's reaction. Her eyes were bright as she began searching through this stretch of wilderness.

It wasn't only vegetables from a vegetable patch that were edible; hillsides like this were not lacking in wild greens. Relatively speaking, the vitality of these greens was much stronger, and their flavor was quite delicious.

Once summer arrived and the weather turned hot, many places inevitably suffered from drought. The vegetables cultivated in fields were too delicate, so they would wither and turn yellow or even dry up completely under the sun.

But these wild greens were different; regardless of wind or rain, they could still stand stubbornly amidst the thousands of weeds.

After searching for quite a while, Ye Xuan'er finally spotted a small, lush green vegetable. The color of its leaves was similar to the surrounding weeds, but the blades were clearly smoother than the surrounding vegetation.

With a look of joy, Ye Xuan'er carefully picked the vegetable and then waved her slender hand, beckoning Tian'er over.

A flash of confusion crossed Tian'er's eyes, but she still came running over with a skip in her step.

Ye Xuan'er held the wild green in front of Tian'er's eyes and said with a smile, "Little one, look closely. This is a wild green. The taste of this vegetable is no worse than those grown in the fields. Hurry and help Sister look for more; once we're done cooking, we'll bring some to Father and Mother."

Upon hearing this, Tian'er's eyes instantly lit up. She took the vegetable from Ye Xuan'er's hand and asked with raised eyebrows, "Can this really be eaten?"

"Nonsense, hurry up and look. There should be plenty in this wasteland," Ye Xuan'er said, snatching the vegetable back from her and tossing it into the basket, urging her on.

"Mm-hmm, okay!" Tian'er nodded repeatedly, crouched down, and began searching through the wasteland, moving from one spot to the next.

The mountain wind blew in waves, causing the lush green weeds and wild greens to sway with the breeze.

"Sister Xuan'er, I found one! Look, is it this one?" Tian'er, who had been searching with her head down, suddenly stood up, holding a lush green wild green high in her hand.

Ye Xuan'er looked closely and responded with a smile, "By the looks of it, you found the right one. You're doing great, little one. Keep it up!"

"You got it!" Tian'er happily placed the wild green into the basket and continued to push aside the weeds, searching bit by bit.

The brilliant evening glow stretched out in continuous patches as the crimson sun slowly dipped behind the mountain peaks.

The two of them searched through the wilderness using a net-like method, moving from one side of the wasteland to the other. Before they knew it, the basket was filled to the brim with wild greens.

Ye Xuan'er glanced at the basket, then stood up, stretched her waist and arms, and looked at Tian'er, who was still happily searching for wild greens. "Little one, we have enough vegetables. Let's go home."

Only then did Tian'er snap out of it. She looked toward the basket and, sure enough, it was full.

"Great! Today we finally don't have to eat just pickles and dried radish!" Tian'er jumped up in excitement.

Ye Xuan'er smiled without a word. She picked up the vegetable basket, took Tian'er's hand in her other hand, and began walking back in the direction they had come from.